Suspension-clasp.



Nb. 696,!96. Patented Mar..25, I902.

' M. RUBIN.

SUSPENSION CLASP.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1901.)

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' WITNESSES JM" 0.. WASHINGTON o c UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MAX RUBIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENSION-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,196, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed December 19, 1901. Serial No. 86,528. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MAX RUBIN, a citizen of the United States, residingat 509 Vest One Hundred and Seventy-third street, in the city of NewYork, borough ofManhattan, county and State of'New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Suspension-Clasps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedsuspension-clasp which is simple in construction, strong, durable,compact, can easily be opened and closed, and cannot become unlockedaccidentally.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures, Figure l is a face view of myimproved suspension-clasp opened. Fig. 2 is a like view closed. Fig. 3is a face view of the body-plate. Fig. 4 is a face view of the latch.Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through the clasp.

The body-plate A has a circular opening B, from which a notch or slot 0extends upward. The opening B is of sufficient size for receiving thehead of a stud, and the notch or slot 0 is narrower and adapted toreceive the shank of the stud. The body-plate A is also provided with anelongated eye D for attaching a tape or band. The contour of the upperpart ofthe body-plate is preferably such as to conform to the generalshape of the opening 13 and notch O. The latch E is made in the shape ofa flat ring-having an opening or slot F of the width of the notch Oandis provided on its outer edge with a handle-lug G and a stop-lug H.At its inner circumference the latch has a neck J, which is passedthrough the opening B in the body-plate and has its free edge turnedoutward to form a O in the body-plate and the stop-lug H rests againstthe edge of the body-plate at the bottom part thereof, thus preventingturning the latch, as indicated by the arrow X, beyond the position ofregister of the opening F and notch O. The head of a stud is now passedthrough the central opening of the latch E and the opening B in thebody-plate, and the clasp is then moved downward to bring the shank ofthe stud into the upper part of the notch O, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2, and then the latch is turned in the inverse direction of thearrow X, so as to cause part of the latch to extend across the bottompart of the notch C, and thus close thisnotch.

This clasp is adapted for suspending hosesupporters, &c., fromcorset-studs and for other similar or analogous purposes. As it is to beplaced upon the stud after the corset is closed, it prevents accidentalopening of the corset, and as the latch cannot turn of its own accordthe clasp cannot become unfastened accidentally.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a clasp,the combination with a body-plate having an opening and anotch extending from said opening, of a latch having a neck extendingthrough the opening in the bodyplate, the free end of said neck beingbent outward to form a flange at the back of the body-plate, whereby thelatch is mounted on the body-plate to turn in aplane parallel with thatof the body-plate, said latch having an opening extending from the neckto the outer edge of the latch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of December, 1901.

MAX RUBIN.

Witnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, ELLA OETJEN.

